Vita of Michael Graham as of September 2013

Studio of Visual Arts
NewSouthBooks
Hickory Ridge Farm
7725 Preston Road
Keithville, LA. 71047

Education

Memphis College of Art, BFA 1976, 1974 Merit Award Scholarship

Work History

1977-Current Sole Proprietor of Studio of Visual Arts

2012-Current Sole Proprietor of NewSouthBooks

2012-Current Instructor for The Shreveport Regional Arts Council Entrepreneurial Training Program

2004-2012-Instructor of Drawing and Printmaking at Louisiana State University in Shreveport

2009-Current-Board of Directors, Shreveport Regional Arts Council

Awards and Honors

2012 National Endowment for the Arts Grant, Entrepreneurial Training Program through the Shreveport Regional Arts Council

2011 Louisiana Purchase: National Biennial Juried Exhibition
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA.

2011 Selected Juror for the George Rodrigue Scholarship Foundation,
Metarie, Louisiana

2010 20x20x20 National Compact Competition & Exhibit
Louisiana State University Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA.

2010 South Arkansas Arts Center Annual Juried Exhibit,
El Dorado, Arkansas

2009 “Bona Fide” Exhibit, ArtSpace Gallery,
Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Shreveport, Louisiana

2009-2010 Co-Primary Investigator, Louisiana Board of Regents Grant,
“Enhancing Educational and Outreach Opportunities through Louisiana History-Related Audio-Visual Resources”

2009 20x20x20 National Compact Competition & Exhibit
Louisiana State University Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA.

2008-2009 Touring Exhibit, “Cane River Back Roads” Sponsored by a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities for the Louisiana State Museum System

Recipient of 2008 Louisiana Division of Art Grant, “Cane River Back Roads” for the Louisiana Old Courthouse State Museum,
Natchitoches, Louisiana

2008 35th Annual Masur Museum of Art Juried Competition,
Monroe, Louisiana

2007 One man Exhibit at the Shreveport Regional Arts Council Cool Space Gallery
“Hot Sauce; Short Stories in 2Dimensions”

Nominated by Louisiana State University in Shreveport (Office of Vice-Chancellor) for 2007 Governor’s Award in Art Education

2007 14th Annual Natchitoches Art Guild Juried Exhibit,
Natchitoches, LA.

2007 South Arkansas Arts Center Annual Juried Exhibit,
El Dorado, Arkansas

Recipient of 2007 Louisiana Board of Regents Grant. “Broadening Access to Visual Arts Education: Printmaking Studio Enhancement”

2007 Outstanding Faculty Award,
Louisiana State University in Shreveport

2006 L’Art de Louisiane Group Exhibit for artists with work in the permanent collection of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum,
Shreveport, Louisiana

Memorial Award, 2006 13th Annual Natchitoches Art Guild Juried Exhibit

2006 South Arkansas Arts Center Annual Juried Exhibit,
El Dorado, Arkansas

Recipient of 2006 Louisiana Board of Regents Grant. “Enhancing Louisiana’s Agrarian History & Culture through Visual Narratives.” Rated the state’s #1 proposal.

2005 Juried Inductee into the Shreveport Regional Arts Council Roster of Artists.

2005 One Man Exhibit at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum
“Southern Comfort with a Hint of Hot Sauce”
Shreveport, Louisiana

Louisiana Artists 2005 Juried Exhibit
Louisiana State University Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA.

Recipient of 2005 Louisiana Division of the Arts Grant, “DeSoto on Canvas” for the DeSoto Historical and Genealogical Society,
DeSoto Parish, Louisiana

Merit Award, 2005 14th Annual “Art with a Southern Drawl” Juried Exhibit University of Mobile,
Mobile, Alabama

2004 42nd Annual Tri State National Juried Exhibit Brown & Scurlock Gallery,
Beaumont, TX.

First Place Award, 2003 10th Annual Natchitoches Art Guild Juried Exhibit

Jurors Award, 2002 27th Annual Red River Revel Juried Exhibit,
Shreveport, LA.

2002 1st Annual PostPicasso Juried Exhibit,
Richmond, Virginia

Purchase Award, 2002 16th Annual Culture & Agriculture Juried Exhibit New Visions Gallery,
Marshfield, Wisconsin

2000 6th Annual Gulf Coast Juried Exhibit,
The Texas Artists Museum, Port Arthur, TX.

1999 2nd Annual Texas National Exhibit Stephen F. Austin State University,
Nacogdoches, TX.

1986 19th Annual Arkansas Art Center Juried Print,
Drawing and Craft Exhibition Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR.

Purchase Award, 1984 19th Annual Central South Art Exhibition,
The Parthenon, Nashville, TN.

1979 Annual Biennial Drawing Competition,
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN.

1978 Tennessee Art Collection, Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN.

Merit Award, 1976 Rutgers University National Juried Drawing Exhibit,
Rutgers University, Camden, NJ.

1975 4th Annual Davidson National Print and Drawing Competition Stowe Gallery,
Davidson College, NC.

Jurors Award, 1975 9th Annual Cape Coral Annual Juried Exhibit,
Edison Community College, Cape Coral, FL

1974 2nd All Colorado Exhibit,
Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO.

Corporate and Private Collections

1st National Bank of Golden, CO.

Birch, Porter and Johnson Law Firm, Memphis, TN.

MasterGuard of Lufkin, TX.

Corporate Offices of Pru Care, Memphis, TN.

Stephen F. Austin State University-Ruby Mize Azalea Garden, Nacogdoches, TX.

Corporate Office of EF Hutton, Memphis, TN.

Memphis College of Art

Union Planters National Bank, Memphis, TN.

Corporate Offices of Perkins Restaurants, Memphis, TN.

Corporate Offices of Holiday Inns, Memphis, TN.

Corporate Offices of Hampton Inns, Memphis, TN.

Keith D. Peterson and Company, Shreveport, LA.

Corporate Offices of TowerMarc Corporation, Memphis, TN.

Fairway Ford, Tyler, TX.

SellStar Ranch, Smith County, TX.

Fish & Still Equipment, Inc. Nacogdoches, TX.

Corporate Offices of Tenet Health Care, Nacogdoches, TX.

Louisiana State Exhibit Museum, Shreveport, LA.

O Bar Ranch, Nacogdoches County, TX.

Goldman Equipment, Bossier City, LA.

City Lights Magazine, Shreveport, LA.

Badders Law Firm, Nacogdoches, TX.

Milton Crow Limited Partnership, Shreveport, LA.

Law Office of Claude Welch, Lufkin, TX.

Louisiana State University in Shreveport

JPJ Investments, Shreveport, LA.

Columbia Metro Publishing, Columbia, S.C.

Historic Grand Cane, Grand Cane, LA.

Old Courthouse State Museum, Natchitoches, LA.

Mansfield Female College State Museum, Mansfield, LA.

Charles Kellogg, an Architectural Practice, Bossier City, LA.

Prudhomme-Haynie, Oakland Plantation, Cane River, LA.

Calumet Chemical, Shreveport, LA.

TGGT MidStream Pipeline, Jonesville, TX.